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American Barns: A Pictorial History
American Barns: A Pictorial History

 

American Family of the Colonial Era Paper Dolls in Full Color
American Family of the Colonial Era Paper Dolls in Full Color

 

The American West in the Nineteenth Century: 255 Illustrations from
The American West in the Nineteenth Century:
255 Illustrations from "Harper's Weekly" and Other Contemporary Sources

 

 American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs
American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs

 

 Arizona's Ghost Towns and Mining Camps: A Travel Guide to History
Arizona's Ghost Towns and Mining Camps: A Travel Guide to History

 

Army Wives on the American Frontier: Living within the Sound of Bugles
Army Wives on the American Frontier: Living within the Sound of Bugles

 

 Buffalo Gals: Women of the Old West
Buffalo Gals: Women of the Old West


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Children's Fashions, 1860-1912: 1,065 Costume Designs from
Children's Fashions, 1860-1912:
1,065 Costume Designs from "la Mode Illustree"

 

 Costume
Costume

 

 Costume, 1066-1990s
Costume, 1066-1990s

 

 Covered Wagon Women Volume 1
Covered Wagon Women:, Vol. 1

 

 Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1850, Vol. 2
Covered Wagon Women:
Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1850, Vol. 2

 

Covered Wagon Women Volume 3
Covered Wagon Women Volume 3


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 Cowboys of the American West
Cowboys of the American West

 

 Creating Characters: How to Build Story People
Creating Characters: How to Build Story People

   


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 Ellis Island: Echoes from a Nation's Past
Ellis Island: Echoes from a Nation's Past

 

 European Costume of the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries: In Full Color
European Costume of the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries: In Full Color

 

 The Explorers and Settlers: A SourceBook on Colonial America
The Explorers and Settlers: A SourceBook on Colonial America

 

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 The Face of Mercy: Medicine at War - a Photographic History

 

 The Female Frontier: A Comparative View of Women on the Prairie and the Plains
The Female Frontier:
A Comparative View of Women on the Prairie and the Plains

 


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 A Frontier Lady: Recollections of the Gold Rush and Early California
A Frontier Lady: Recollections of the Gold Rush and Early California

 

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 Folk Costumes of the World

 

 French Fashion Illustrations of the Twenties: 634 Cuts from la Vie Parisienne
French Fashion Illustrations of the Twenties:
634 Cuts from la Vie Parisienne

 

 French Fashion Plates of the Romantic Era in Full Color: 120 Plates from the
French Fashion Plates of the Romantic Era in Full Color:
120 Plates from the "Petit Courrier DES Dames" 1830-34

 

 Frontierswomen: The Iowa Experience
Frontierswomen: The Iowa Experience

 

Cover: Ghosts of Door County Wisconsin
Ghosts of Door County Wisconsin

 

 Gold Rush Women
Gold Rush Women

 

 A Gown of Spanish Lace
A Gown of Spanish Lace

 

  Howdunit: Guide to how Crimes Are Committed and Solved
Howdunit: Guide to how Crimes Are Committed and Solved

 

 In the Beginning--: The Nearly Complete History of Almost Everything
In the Beginning--:
The Nearly Complete History of Almost Everything

 

 Keeping Clean: A Very Peculiar History
Keeping Clean: A Very Peculiar History

 

 Klondike Women: True Tales of the 1897-1898 Gold Rush
Klondike Women: True Tales of the 1897-1898 Gold Rush

 

 Land in Her Own Name
Land in Her Own Name: Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota


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 Machinery and Mechanical Devices: A Treasury of Nineteenth-Century Cuts
Machinery and Mechanical Devices: A Treasury of Nineteenth-Century Cuts

 

  A Murder: From the Chalk Outline to Death Row
A Murder: From the Chalk Outline to Death Row

 

 Nickelodeon Theatres and Their Music
Nickelodeon Theatres and Their Music

 

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 Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America

 

 Pioneer Women
Pioneer Women

 

 San Francisco in the 1850's: 33 Photographic Views
San Francisco in the 1850's: 33 Photographic Views

 

 Seasoned by Salt: A Historical Album of the Outer Banks
Seasoned by Salt: A Historical Album of the Outer Banks

 

  Scene of the Crime: A Writer's Guide to Crime-Scene Investigations
Scene of the Crime: A Writer's Guide to Crime-Scene Investigations

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  Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself into Print
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself into Print

 

  The Slang of Sin
The Slang of Sin

 

 Smuggling
Smuggling

 

 A Soldier's Life
A Soldier's Life

 

 So Much to Be Done; Women Settlers on the Mining and Ranching Frontier
So Much to Be Done;
Women Settlers on the Mining and Ranching Frontier

 

 Trailblazers: The Men and Women Who Forged the West
Trailblazers: The Men and Women Who Forged the West

 

 Victorian Fashion Paper Dolls from Harper's Bazaar, 1867-1898
Victorian Fashion Paper Dolls from Harper's Bazaar, 1867-1898

 

 Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar: 1867-1898
Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar: 1867-1898

 

 Weapons and Armor: A Pictorial Archive of Woodcuts and Engravings
Weapons and Armor:
A Pictorial Archive of Woodcuts and Engravings

 

 Winter Quarters: The 1846-1846 Life Writings of Mary Haskin Parker Richards
Winter Quarters:
The 1846-1846 Life Writings of Mary Haskin Parker Richards

 

 A Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois
A Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois

 

 Women and Indians on the Frontier, 1825-1915
Women and Indians on the Frontier, 1825-1915

 

 Women's Voices from the Oregon Trail
Women's Voices from the Oregon Trail

 

  The Writer's Complete Crime Reference Book
The Writer's Complete Crime Reference Book


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 The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life from Prohibition through World War II
The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life
from Prohibition through World War II

 

 Everyday Life in Colonial America
The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Colonial America

 

 The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Middle Ages
The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Middle Ages

 

 A Writer's Guide to the Internet
A Writer's Guide to the Internet

 

 Writers.Net: Every Writer's Essential Guide to Online Resources and Opportunities
Writers.Net: Every Writer's Essential Guide
to Online Resources and Opportunities

 

 Your Novel Proposal: From Creation to Contract
Your Novel Proposal: From Creation to Contract

 


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